Cemeteries

Council manages and maintains 32 cemeteries throughout the Upper Hunter Shire Local Government Area which provide a range of burial options.  An information booklet has been prepared to answer frequently asked questions about our cemeteries, with a particular focus on our obligation to you, and your entitlements and responsibilities as the grantee.  Our information booklet can be downloaded below. 

Aberdeen, 121 Segenhoe Street

• Anglican Cemetery
• Catholic Cemetery
• Non-denominational Lawn Cemetery and Columbarium
• Methodist Cemetery
• Presbyterian Cemetery
• Wesleyan Cemetery
• Jehovah's Witness Cemetery

Gundy, 146 Merrimuka Road

• Anglican Cemetery
• Catholic Cemetery
• Methodist Cemetery
• Presbyterian Cemetery

Merriwa, 168 Flaggs Road

Murrurundi, 21 Polding Street

• Non-denominational Lawn Cemetery and Columbarium

Moonan Brook, 411 Moonan Brook Road

Funerals

Please contact your preferred funeral director for all funeral arrangements.

Council Contact Details

For all others:  Ph 02 6540 1100
council@upperhunter.nsw.gov.au

Cemetery Forms

• Application for a perpetual interment right

• Application for a reservation of a perpetual interment right
• Application for a right to carry out monument or headstone construction, repair or restoration work in a cemetery
• Application for copy of entry in cemetery operator's register
• Application for compensation resulting from revocation

• Request for Permission to Use the Service Badge (links to Department of Veterans Affairs website)